Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Miyake
Yoshinori Miyake has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11712950Abstract: A vehicle door attached to a vehicle body includes a bracket structure disposed between an interior-side panel and an exterior-side panel to support a door lock portion. The bracket structure has an interior-side extension portion disposed on an interior-side and joined to the interior-side panel, and an exterior-side extension portion disposed on an exterior-side and joined to the exterior-side panel. Extension portions extend in an upper-lower direction. As an alternative, a vehicle door includes a middle panel disposed between an inner panel and an outer panel, and a bracket structure disposed between the inner panel and the middle panel to support the door lock portion. The bracket structure has a front extension portion disposed frontward and joined to the inner panel, and a rear extension portion disposed rearward and joined to the middle panel. Extension portions are disposed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and extend upward.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Keisuke Hayashi, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Suguru Matsunaga, Fumiyoshi Mizutani, Atsushi Maruyama
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Publication number: 20220282529Abstract: An opening-closing member including an outer panel that faces an outside of a vehicle body, and opening and closing a rear opening of the vehicle body in response to operation of an operation part arranged at a rear end part, the opening-closing member including a bracket member in the operation part, the bracket member including a bracket member body extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction, and a vertical wall extending in a vehicle body vertical direction from at least one end part of the bracket member body in the vehicle body front-rear direction, the vertical wall being fixed to an inner side of the outer panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Yoshinori MIYAKE, Go SHIMIZU, Fumiyoshi MIZUTANI, Takashi HAGA
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Publication number: 20220250452Abstract: An opening and closing member is attachable, in an openable and closable manner, to a rear opening of a vehicle body via a pair of hinges. The opening and closing member includes an outer panel and a reinforcing member. The outer panel and the reinforcing member form a window frame. The reinforcing member has closed section parts formed by an outer reinforcing member and an inner reinforcing member. The closed section parts have a pair of front-rear closed section parts that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction, and a pair of inclined closed section parts that respectively extend from ends, located adjacent to a vehicle body front side, of the pair of front-rear closed section parts, and that respectively incline inwardly in the vehicle body width direction. Open section parts are respectively provided between the hinges and the front-rear closed section parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yoshinori MIYAKE, Keisuke HAYASHI, Kyosuke ICHINOHE, Fumiyoshi MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20220250453Abstract: An opening and closing member is attachable to a rear opening of a vehicle body in an openable and closable manner. The opening and closing member includes an inner panel disposed to face a vehicle body inner side and a wiper bracket member via which a wiper is attached to an inner side of the inner panel. The inner panel has a bracket attaching part protruding toward the vehicle body inner side. The wiper bracket member has a protruding part protruding toward the vehicle body inner side. The wiper bracket member is attached to the bracket attaching part such that a ridge line of the protruding part is aligned with a ridge line of the bracket attaching part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Yoshinori MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20220250454Abstract: Provided is a rear structure of a vehicle. The rear structure includes: a rear opening at a rear of a vehicle body; and an opening-closing member configured to open and close the rear opening. The opening-closing member has cushioning members respectively disposed on both Side portions in a vehicle body width direction. The rear opening has contact members respectively disposed on both side borders in the vehicle body width direction, the contact members being contactable with the cushioning members. Each cushioning member has two surfaces, one of which extends in a vehicle body upward-downward direction and the other of which extends in the vehicle body width direction. The two surfaces of each cushioning member are disposed to be contactable with a corresponding one of the contact members.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yoshinori MIYAKE, Masashi KASUYA, King shing CHENG, Keisuke HAYASHI, Kyosuke ICHINOHE, Tsukasa KISHIDA
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Patent number: 11351845Abstract: A door structure that can provide a bearing force against a load inputted from a hinge in a desirable way. The door structure includes: a tailgate; and a hinge that pivotally supports the tailgate with respect to a vehicle body. The tailgate has: an inner panel having an attachment surface portion substantially parallel to a plane whose normal is in the direction in which a rotating shaft of the hinge extends; and a hinge attachment portion, which is formed on the attachment surface portion and is for attaching the hinge thereto. The tailgate is provided with a stiffener attached together with the hinge to the tailgate. The stiffener has a first surface portion formed along the attachment surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshinori Miyake
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Publication number: 20210245588Abstract: A vehicle door attached to a vehicle body includes a bracket structure disposed between an interior-side panel and an exterior-side panel to support a door lock portion. The bracket structure has an interior-side extension portion disposed on an interior-side and joined to the interior-side panel, and an exterior-side extension portion disposed on an exterior-side and joined to the exterior-side panel. Extension portions extend in an upper-lower direction. As an alternative, a vehicle door includes a middle panel disposed between an inner panel and an outer panel, and a bracket structure disposed between the inner panel and the middle panel to support the door lock portion. The bracket structure has a front extension portion disposed frontward and joined to the inner panel, and a rear extension portion disposed rearward and joined to the middle panel. Extension portions are disposed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and extend upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Yoshinori MIYAKE, Keisuke HAYASHI, Toshihiro YAMAGUCHI, Suguru MATSUNAGA, Fumiyoshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20200094658Abstract: A door structure that can provide a bearing force against a load inputted from a hinge in a desirable way. The door structure includes: a tailgate; and a hinge that pivotally supports the tailgate with respect to a vehicle body. The tailgate has: an inner panel having an attachment surface portion substantially parallel to a plane whose normal is in the direction in which a rotating shaft of the hinge extends; and a hinge attachment portion, which is formed on the attachment surface portion and is for attaching the hinge thereto. The tailgate is provided with a stiffener attached together with the hinge to the tailgate. The stiffener has a first surface portion formed along the attachment surface portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Yoshinori MIYAKE
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Patent number: 10300773Abstract: Even when a heavy load is applied to a tailgate of resin, deformation of the tailgate is inhibited. The tailgate includes a window frame portion of resin forming a window opening portion. The window frame portion includes a bottom wall located on the vehicle interior side, and an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall each of which extending from the corresponding either one end of the bottom wall. The tailgate connects the exterior ends of an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall to form a closed cross-section, and includes a hinge reinforcement member fitted to a hinge mechanism. The hinge reinforcement member includes an outer sidewall reinforcement portion along the outer sidewall. The hinge member is fastened to the outer sidewall reinforcement portion and the outer sidewall together by a connection bolt and a nut.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masaru Takata
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Patent number: 10059178Abstract: A tailgate structure is provided that includes: a tailgate that is made of resin and is arranged in an opening of a vehicle body; a wiper that wipes a glass arranged in the tailgate; and a lock device that fixes the tailgate to the vehicle body by being engaged with the opening in a state that the tailgate is closed, wherein the wiper is connected with the lock device by a reinforcing member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masaru Takata
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Patent number: 9963021Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tailgate structure capable of preventing broken pieces from being scattered inside or outside a vehicle even when a tailgate made of resin receives an impact. The tailgate structure includes a tailgate 10 which is provided capable of opening and closing an opening portion 2 of a vehicle body 1, and a locking device 21 which is provided at the tail gate 10 and is engaged with the opening portion 2 in a state in which the tailgate 10 closes the opening portion 2. The tailgate 10 includes an inner panel 30 made of resin, an outer panel 40 made of resin, and a film surface member 50 made of metal, which is provided between the inner panel 30 and the outer panel 40. The film surface member 50 is fixed to the locking device 21.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masayuki Ogawa, Masaru Takata
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Publication number: 20170174058Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tailgate structure capable of preventing broken pieces from being scattered inside or outside a vehicle even when a tailgate made of resin receives an impact. The tailgate structure includes a tailgate 10 which is provided capable of opening and closing an opening portion 2 of a vehicle body 1, and a locking device 21 which is provided at the tail gate 10 and is engaged with the opening portion 2 in a state in which the tailgate 10 closes the opening portion 2. The tailgate 10 includes an inner panel 30 made of resin, an outer panel 40 made of resin, and a film surface member 50 made of metal, which is provided between the inner panel 30 and the outer panel 40. The film surface member 50 is fixed to the locking device 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masayuki Ogawa, Masaru Takata
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Publication number: 20170174057Abstract: A tailgate structure is provided that includes: a tailgate that is made of resin and is arranged in an opening of a vehicle body; a wiper that wipes a glass arranged in the tailgate; and a lock device that fixes the tailgate to the vehicle body by being engaged with the opening in a state that the tailgate is closed, wherein the wiper is connected with the lock device by a reinforcing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masaru Takata
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Publication number: 20170174059Abstract: Even when a heavy load is applied to a tailgate of resin, deformation of the tailgate is inhibited. The tailgate includes a window frame portion of resin forming a window opening portion. The window frame portion includes a bottom wall located on the vehicle interior side, and an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall each of which extending from the corresponding either one end of the bottom wall. The tailgate connects the exterior ends of an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall to form a closed cross-section, and includes a hinge reinforcement member fitted to a hinge mechanism. The hinge reinforcement member includes an outer sidewall reinforcement portion along the outer sidewall. The hinge member is fastened to the outer sidewall reinforcement portion and the outer sidewall together by a connection bolt and a nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Masaru Takata
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Patent number: 8893438Abstract: A weather strip is provided. The weather strip is arranged so as to intersect a portion joined by overlapping a plurality of panels, and is provided with a tip projection portion which projects onto an extension line of the exterior side wall portion from the tip of an exterior side wall portion of an attachment portion. The tip projection portion is formed from a material which deforms easier than a material forming the sealing portion and is formed in a shape which becomes thin towards a projecting direction with a width dimension which does not exceed the thickness of the tip of the exterior side wall portion in a cross section along the width direction of the attachment portion, and when the attachment portion is attached to the flange, the tip projection portion stretches in the longitudinal direction of the attachment portion and comes into contact with the panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignees: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yo Hamada, Takeyasu Horie, Yoshinori Miyake
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Patent number: 8226151Abstract: A rear door structure in which a rear door is openably and closably provided on a rear portion of a vehicle body, including a door panel, wherein: the door panel includes an upper door panel and a lower door panel provided on the lower portion of the upper door panel; and a lower edge portion of the upper door panel and an upper edge portion of the lower door panel mutually overlap so as to form a lateral beam having a closed cross section and extending in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Kenichi Munenaga
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Patent number: 7914066Abstract: A rear door structure including: a frame portion which supports an upper edge and both lateral edges of a rear glass; a lateral beam which extends in a vehicle width direction and connects both lateral side portions of the frame portion to each other; a reinforcing member which straddles the lateral side portion of the frame portion and the lateral beam; and a driving unit for a wiper device disposed in a space between the lateral side portion of the frame portion and the lateral beam, wherein: a first end side of the driving unit is fixed to a connection portion between the frame portion and the reinforcing member; and a second end side of the driving unit is fixed to a connection portion of between the reinforcing member and the lateral beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Kenichi Munenaga
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Publication number: 20100192470Abstract: A weather strip is provided. The weather strip is arranged so as to intersect a portion joined by overlapping a plurality of panels, and is provided with a tip projection portion which projects onto an extension line of the exterior side wall portion from the tip of an exterior side wall portion of an attachment portion. The tip projection portion is formed from a material which deforms easier than a material forming the sealing portion and is formed in a shape which becomes thin towards a projecting direction with a width dimension which does not exceed the thickness of the tip of the exterior side wall portion in a cross section along the width direction of the attachment portion, and when the attachment portion is attached to the flange, the tip projection portion stretches in the longitudinal direction of the attachment portion and comes into contact with the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicants: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yo HAMADA, Takeyasu HORIE, Yoshinori MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20100102589Abstract: A rear door structure including: a frame portion which supports an upper edge and both lateral edges of a rear glass; a lateral beam which extends in a vehicle width direction and connects both lateral side portions of the frame portion to each other; a reinforcing member which straddles the lateral side portion of the frame portion and the lateral beam; and a driving unit for a wiper device disposed in a space between the lateral side portion of the frame portion and the lateral beam, wherein: a first end side of the driving unit is fixed to a connection portion between the frame portion and the reinforcing member; and a second end side of the driving unit is fixed to a connection portion of between the reinforcing member and the lateral beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Kenichi Munenaga
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Publication number: 20100102590Abstract: A rear door structure in which a rear door is openably and closably provided on a rear portion of a vehicle body, including a door panel, wherein: the door panel includes an upper door panel and a lower door panel provided on the lower portion of the upper door panel; and a lower edge portion of the upper door panel and an upper edge portion of the lower door panel mutually overlap so as to form a lateral beam having a closed cross section and extending in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Miyake, Kenichi Munenaga